Nate Koser

Nate Koser earned his BS in psychology and MA in counseling from Eastern Mennonite University. He earned a PhD in psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco, California. Nate is a Lacanian psychoanalyst in continual formation. Nate is a member of the Lacanian Forum of Washington D.C. He also works closely with the Affiliated Psychoanalytic Workgroups (APW), as well as Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis. Nate provides psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at Aporia Counseling & Psychotherapy, PLLC in Harrisonburg, VA. A wide foundation in psychoanalysis, psychology, and the humanities influences his work from a psychoanalytic approach. Nate’s research interests include: Freudian/Lacanian psychoanalysis, critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, philosophy of mind, psychology, trauma, ethics, and attempting to forward a psychoanalytic articulation of human-to-human relationships.

Small Group Facilitator and Presenter of Questions, The Lacanian Forum of Washington D.C., The International Seminar Series, Colette Soler: On the Psychoanalytic Act and the Desire of the Analyst, April 12, 2014

Presenter, “From the Couch to the Classroom,” Eastern Mennonite University: Master of Arts in Counseling, Colloquium Lecture, April 2, 2014

Presenter, “On the Object of a Dream,” The Lacanian Forum of Washington D.C., Clinical Wednesday Series, March 5, 2014

Co-Presenter, “Through Different Lenses: Drawing from Psychoanalysis, Attachment Theory, Multicultural Perspective, and Person-Centered Theory to Work Through a Single Case,” Virginia Counselors Association (VCA), November 7, 2013